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- '76 - Rod Johnstone's garage built prototype 'Ragtime' is launched.
- '77 - First production J/24 is built, J/24s overwhelm MORC Int'Is in Annapolis
- '78 - First Midwinters in Key West, J/24 Class Assoc. is formed, 68 boats attend first NAs in Newport
- '79 - Charlie Scott wins a stormy Round-the-Island race to win the first Worlds In Newport, fleets form in Australia, UK and Sweden, hull No. 2000 built
- '80 - J/24 wins "Breakthrough Boat" award from Sail magazine, fleets form in France, Switzerland and Italy, Worlds go to San Remo, Italy, John Kolius wins
- '81 - J/24 achieves International Class status, Mark Bethwalte wins Australian Worlds, J/24 featured in Championship of Champions regatta.
- '82 - John Kolius wins San Francisco Worlds with 500 kilos crew weight, 19-year-old local John Kostecki is second
- '83 - Ed Baird edges out IJCA chairman Bob Johnstone to win Sweden Worlds Dave Curtis wins J/24 gold medal at PanAm Games
- '84 - Dave Curtis wins coldest Worlds (Poole, England in Nov.), 23-year-old Ken Read wins his first NAs, hull No. 4000 launched
- '85 - Ken Read wins Worlds in Japan, Heidi Backus and sisters win first Rolex Int'l Women's Keelboat Championship, Read and Backus win Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards
- '86 - Ken Read wins 2nd World title on home waters of Newport
- '87 - Class approves use of Mylar in genoa and a 400 kilo crew weight limit
- '88 - Class approves new rule for boat weights and measurement certificate process, John Kostecki wins Worlds in Australia
- '89 - Larry Klein wins tiebreaker over Kevin Mahaney to win Kingston Worlds
- '90 - Jim Brady wins Worlds in Ireland
- '91 - J/24 selected for Nations Cup, Dick & Linda Tillman retire after 10 years running class office, Steve Podlich named executive director
- '92 - Hull No. 5000 is launched, Read bests a fleet of 81 boats to win Annapolis Worlds, Hank Killion is honored for his years as class chairman
- '93 - Chris Larson tops 103-boat fleet at the Europeans in Monaco, Ken Read gets hat trick with wins at the Midwinters, NAs and Worlds
- '94 - Ken Read wins 6th world title in a 13 year-old boat, earns 2nd Rolex award
- '95 - J/24 elected to American Sailboat Hall of Fame, amateur Steve Thomas from Hawaii follows up a win at the NAs with a 2nd behind Bill Fortenberry at the Worlds in Rochester, NY, J/24s featured In the PanAm Games in Argentina, Betsy Allison wins third consecutive Rolex Int'l Women's Keelboat title
- '96 - Chris Larson stages biggest comeback in J/24 worlds history, coming from 22 points down to win in Sardinia, Dennis Ellis honored for work as Technical Committee chair
- '97 - 98 J/24s compete in Key West at 20th Midwinters, Worlds go to South America (Buenos Aires) for the first time. Johnstone Family awarded Sailing Industry Leadership Award by SAIL Magazine.
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